1928–29 Football League

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here with home and away statistics separated, as per RSSSF and Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. When two teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.

First Division

3rd English title Cardiff City (43 goals) (20 October 1928) Sheffield United 10–0 Burnley (19 January 1929) (29 April 1929) (20 October 1928) Sheffield United 10–0 Burnley (19 January 1929) West Ham United 8–2 Leeds United (9 February 1929)

Results

Maps

Arsenal West Ham

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Leeds U. Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Ham

Second Division

Second Division Port Vale Blackpool – Reading 7–0 (10 Nov 1929) Preston North End – Reading 7–0 (27 Apr 1929)

Results

Maps

Chelsea Clapton Orient Millwall Tottenham

Barnsley Blackpool Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Chelsea Clapton Orient Grimsby Town Hull Notts County Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oldham Port Vale Preston North End Reading Southampton Swansea Town Stoke Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham Southport South Shields Stockport Tranmere Wigan Borough Wrexham

Third Division South

Third Division South

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Results

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|match_BRE_B&BA=0–0 |match_BRE_B&HA=5–1

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_B&BA=1–0 |match_B&HA_BRE=3–2 |match_B&HA_BRR=4–0 |match_B&HA_CHA=2–3 |match_B&HA_COV=0–1 |match_B&HA_CRY=1–5 |match_B&HA_EXE=3–2 |match_B&HA_FUL=2–0 |match_B&HA_GIL=3–1 |match_B&HA_LUT=1–0 |match_B&HA_MER=2–1 |match_B&HA_NPC=2–1 |match_B&HA_NOR=0–3 |match_B&HA_NWC=3–0 |match_B&HA_PLY=2–1 |match_B&HA_QPR=2–1 |match_B&HA_STD=2–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=2–2 |match_B&HA_TOR=1–2 |match_B&HA_WAL=2–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=1–1

|match_BRR_B&BA=1–2 |match_BRR_B&HA=3–0

|match_CHA_B&BA=6–2 |match_CHA_B&HA=3–0

|match_COV_B&BA=1–2 |match_COV_B&HA=3–0

|match_CRY_B&BA=1–3 |match_CRY_B&HA=1–0

|match_EXE_B&BA=6–3 |match_EXE_B&HA=4–1

|match_FUL_B&BA=3–0 |match_FUL_B&HA=3–1

|match_GIL_B&BA=2–2 |match_GIL_B&HA=1–1

|match_LUT_B&BA=2–1 |match_LUT_B&HA=1–0

|match_MER_B&BA=1–0 |match_MER_B&HA=1–0

|match_NPC_B&BA=0–2 |match_NPC_B&HA=1–2

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–0 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–1

|match_NWC_B&BA=5–1 |match_NWC_B&HA=3–1

|match_PLY_B&BA=2–0 |match_PLY_B&HA=1–0

|match_QPR_B&BA=0–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=3–2

|match_STD_B&BA=4–4 |match_STD_B&HA=1–1

|match_SWI_B&BA=3–3 |match_SWI_B&HA=2–2

|match_TOR_B&BA=4–1 |match_TOR_B&HA=5–1

|match_WAL_B&BA=2–1 |match_WAL_B&HA=1–2

|match_WAT_B&BA=0–3 |match_WAT_B&HA=2–1

Maps

Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers Watford

Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Charlton Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Southend Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

References

References

1. "England 1928-29". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1929.htm